A) 1939 B) 1941 C) 1946 D) 1944
A) EMIC B) G.I. Bill C) New Deal D) Smith Act
A) The end of the war B) 12 million men were in uniform C) Government mandated birth control D) A severe housing shortage
A) 1944 B) 1949 C) 1946 D) 1941
A) Nationality Act B) G.I. Bill C) Smith Act D) Magnuson Act
A) 1941 B) 1946 C) 1949 D) 1944
A) Massive immigration B) New federal zoning laws C) Migration to munitions centers D) Destruction of cities
A) McCarran-Walter Act B) Nationality Act C) Smith Act D) Magnuson Act
A) Gain citizenship by enlisting in the army B) Enter the country without visas C) Receive free housing D) Vote in federal elections
A) War Brides Act B) Alien Registration Act of 1940 C) Chinese Exclusion Act D) Nationality Act
A) Japanese and Japanese-Americans B) Chinese immigrants C) Mexican workers D) German immigrants
A) 500,000 B) 1 million C) 12 million D) 5 million
A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Harry Truman C) Breckinridge Long D) Senator McCarran
A) Preventing divorce for servicemen B) Providing housing for veterans C) Expedited citizenship for soldiers' spouses D) Restricting immigration from Europe
A) Religious affiliation B) Immorality or disease C) Country of origin D) Political party membership
A) Lack of federal funds B) Economic depression C) Fear of German spies and saboteurs D) Overpopulation
A) Labor Union Strike B) Civil Rights Movement C) Great Depression Reform D) March on Washington Movement
A) Fair Wage Commission B) Committee on Defense Industries C) National Labor Relations Board D) President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices
A) Economic Boom B) Prosperity Peak C) Great Compression D) Wage Equalization
A) White collar wages were frozen by the government B) Blue collar workers received better education C) Taxes on white collar workers increased significantly D) White collar workers did not typically receive overtime
A) 70% B) 44% C) 25% D) 50%
A) 25% B) 60% C) 75% D) 40%
A) $1,500 per year B) $1,000 per year C) $2,000 per year D) $3,000 per year
A) 70% B) 44% C) 50% D) 25%
A) 50% B) 70% C) 44% D) 25%
A) Under 25% B) Under 40% C) Over 60% D) Over 75%
A) Remained unchanged B) Almost sevenfold C) By 50% D) Doubled
A) The top 5% B) The bottom 40% C) Government employees D) White collar workers only
A) New Dealers B) Conservatives C) Socialists D) Liberals
A) Business support B) Public protests C) Presidential mandate D) International pressure
A) Reducing fatality rates B) Nationalizing mines C) Increasing coal production D) Raising miner wages
A) Income levels B) Universal need C) Age criteria D) National service
A) Integrated housing B) Segregated housing C) Public high-rise apartments D) Rural homesteads
A) Mandated vaccinations for all citizens B) Established local hospitals in rural areas C) Provided free medical care for all D) Expanded federal-state public health programs
A) Social Security Administration B) Children's Bureau C) Department of Defense D) Public Health Service
A) Vocational rehabilitation services B) Monetary disability pensions C) Guaranteed lifetime medical care D) Land grants
A) The federal bureaucracy B) Corporate monopolies C) The American middle class D) The defense industry
A) By manufacturing weapons B) Through propaganda C) By managing price controls D) By providing government loans
A) Gasoline B) Paper C) Electricity D) Wood
A) 10 US gallons B) 3 US gallons C) 5 US gallons D) 1 US gallon
A) It stayed the same B) It was banned C) It increased rapidly D) It was subsidized
A) Increased inflation B) Decline in industry C) Renewed growth D) A massive recession
A) It stayed constant B) It doubled C) It vanished D) It decreased by half
A) Subsidy-only B) Cost-plus C) Competitive bidding D) Fixed-price
A) 25% B) 3% C) 10% D) 40%
A) Sugar B) Coffee C) Gasoline D) Tires
A) Executive order 8888 B) Executive order 4444 C) Executive order 9250 D) Executive order 1010
A) Used goods B) Gasoline C) Canned foods D) Silk stockings
A) 1.5 million B) 700,000 C) 7.7 million D) 3.4 million
A) Alice Throckmorton McLean B) Rosie the Riveter C) Philip Wrigley D) Eleanor Roosevelt
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Rosie the Riveter C) Philip Wrigley D) Alice Throckmorton McLean
A) Alice Throckmorton McLean B) The Chicago Cubs players C) The U.S. government D) Philip Wrigley
A) 1940 B) 1941 C) 1946 D) 1943
A) 100,000 B) 325,000 C) 18,000 D) 1 billion
A) 87% B) 50% C) 100% D) 13%
A) War helper B) Strong arm C) Field worker D) Farm hand
A) Grow your own, can your own B) Victory starts in the garden C) Work for victory, work for peace D) Feed the troops, feed the nation
A) California B) Texas C) Michigan D) The Pacific Northwest
A) Under tight federal control B) Managed by the state governments C) Left to the free market D) Determined by local farmers
A) 10–15 B) 14–18 C) 16–21 D) 12–16
A) The UAW B) The AFL C) The US Crop Corps D) The CIO
A) The leader of the AFL B) The head of the UAW C) John L. Lewis D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
A) Wilmington, North Carolina. B) Starke, Florida. C) Oak Ridge, Tennessee. D) Dallas, Texas.
A) 1,000. B) 100. C) 500. D) 243.
A) Dallas-Fort Worth. B) Miami. C) New Orleans. D) Nashville.
A) Natural gas from the Gulf Coast. B) Tennessee Valley Authority electricity. C) Coal mined in Virginia. D) Solar power from the South.
A) Aircraft carriers. B) Liberty ships. C) Submarines. D) Battleships.
A) They were exactly equal. B) They lagged behind. C) They exceeded the national average. D) They were the highest in the nation.
A) Military naval bases B) Coastal cities C) Lighthouses D) Naval patrol ships
A) Building naval vessels B) Manufacturing munitions C) Managing lights at night D) Patrolling the borders
A) USO B) Red Cross C) Civil Air Patrol D) State Guard
A) Eight B) Ten C) Four D) Six
A) Lack of teachers B) Conversion of schools to barracks C) Students took war jobs D) Government bans on education
A) Fat drippings B) Brass casings C) Copper scraps D) Used oil
A) Lifejackets B) Soap production C) Rations D) Artillery shells
A) Paratroopers B) Saboteurs C) German U-boats D) Enemy aircraft
A) Submarine warfare B) Rescue operations C) Border security D) Air reconnaissance
A) Children B) Women C) Retired military personnel D) State Guardsmen
A) A national lottery system B) Military commanders C) Community leaders decided D) Congressional mandates
A) Nonexistent B) Moderate C) Very little D) Extremely high
A) Unchanged B) High surplus C) Increased unemployment D) Severe shortage
A) Farmers B) Bankers C) Teachers D) Journalists
A) George Marshall B) Lee Kennett C) Dwight Eisenhower D) Franklin Roosevelt
A) Quakers B) Jehovah's Witnesses C) Mennonites D) Church of God
A) Military bases B) Munitions factories C) Mental hospitals D) Naval shipyards
A) Work assignments B) Veterans benefits C) Housing D) Food
A) About 10% B) About 5% C) About 50% D) About 90%
A) 50% B) 85% C) 95% D) 14%
A) European immigrants B) African Americans C) Japanese farmers D) German refugees
A) Detroit B) New York C) Chicago D) Washington D.C.
A) Los Angeles B) San Diego C) San Francisco D) Seattle
A) Service B) Manufacturing C) Education D) Agriculture
A) 50 percent B) 100 percent C) 140 percent D) 200 percent
A) Social status B) Education C) Career advancement D) Financial reasoning
A) Ford Detroit Main B) Twin Cities Ordnance Plant C) Willow Run D) Sperry Corporation
A) Deserters B) Traitors C) Refuseniks D) Slackers
A) Squeezing orange juice B) Preparing a meal C) Sewing buttons D) Knitting a sweater
A) Sergeant B) Private C) Enlisted D) Officer
A) Civil Defense Unit B) Red Cross C) Cadet Nurse Corps D) USO
A) Red Cross B) Nursing C) Civil defense leader D) USO |